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US 2019/0058778 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for providing control of social networking sites
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJoseph Anderson Alfred, Joseph M. Sommer
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Abstract
A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for providing control of social networking sites are disclosed. For example, the method establishes an owner profile, receives a request from a third party user to post information on a social networking site associated with an owner, determines if the request should be granted in accordance with the owner profile and posts the information on the social networking site associated with the owner if the request is granted.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, a request from a third party user for permission to post information on a social networking site associated with an owner, wherein the information is not posted on the social networking site associated with the owner until the request is granted, wherein the third party user and the owner are different entities;
- determining, by the processor, if the request should be granted in accordance with an owner profile, wherein the owner profile comprises a relationship profile and an order of posting profile, wherein the relationship profile comprises a plurality of approved third party users and a plurality of relationship types, the plurality of relationship types comprising at least two of:
- a friend relationship type, a family relationship type, a co-worker relationship type, or an acquaintance relationship type, wherein the order of posting profile comprises an order of postings based upon an approved third party user of the plurality of approved third party users as defined by the owner, wherein the owner profile is used for posting the information;
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- posting, by the processor, the information on the social networking site associated with the owner when the request is granted.
2 more elements
A tangible computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a request from a third party user for permission to post information on a social networking site associated with an owner, wherein the information is not posted on the social networking site associated with the owner until the request is granted, wherein the third party user and the owner are different entities;
- determining if the request should be granted in accordance with an owner profile, wherein the owner profile comprises a relationship profile and an order of posting profile, wherein the relationship profile comprises a plurality of approved third party users and a plurality of relationship types, the plurality of relationship types comprising at least two of:
- a friend relationship type, a family relationship type, a co-worker relationship type, or an acquaintance relationship type, wherein the order of posting profile comprises an order of postings based upon an approved third party user of the plurality of approved third party users as defined by the owner, wherein the owner profile is used for posting the information;
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- posting, by the processor, the information on the social networking site associated with the owner when the request is granted.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
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- a computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a request from a third party user for permission to post information on a social networking site associated with an owner, wherein the information is not posted on the social networking site associated with the owner until the request is granted, wherein the third party user and the owner are different entities;
- determining if the request should be granted in accordance with an owner profile, wherein the owner profile comprises a relationship profile and an order of posting profile, wherein the relationship profile comprises a plurality of approved third party users and a plurality of relationship types, the plurality of relationship types comprising at least two of:
- a friend relationship type, a family relationship type, a co-worker relationship type, or an acquaintance relationship type, wherein the order of posting profile comprises an order of postings based upon an approved third party user of the plurality of approved third party users as defined by the owner, wherein the owner profile is used for posting the information;
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- posting, by the processor, the information on the social networking site associated with the owner when the request is granted.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.